GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |